Ed Liston

If you plan to invest in stocks for short term, then it pays to follow bullish stocks. Bullish stocks are those stocks which have broken their usual pattern and are all set to gain considerable price momentum in the short term. However, this strategy poses risk too as you may fall prey to ‘Pump and […]

As an income investor, I cannot over-emphasize the importance of having good dividend yield stocks in your portfolio. While it is tempting to have regular stream of dividend, you need not sacrifice your capital gains potential. The following billion dollar companies are all set to give you the biggest bang for your buck.

According to a report published in the Wall Street Journal, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) could face a shortage of screens for its next iPhone.  A source familiar with the latest developments told Wall Street Journal that Japan’s Sharp Corp., which supplies   LCD screens used in iPhones, has not yet started the mass production. There are concerns […]

Economic uncertainty and high level of unemployment kept a lid on U.S. consumer spending for most part of this year; however, looking at retail sales results for August, it seems that U.S. consumer confidence is gradually rising, and so is the shopping budget.

The risk associated with the stock market frightens many potential and existing investors. Still, a well-built portfolio of stocks properly selected over a period generally outperforms alternative investments. In this article we are going to discuss different measures to keep in mind while building a portfolio of technology stocks. Companies engaged in the production/delivery of […]

Private equity firm, Carlyle Group has announced that it will be buying DuPont’s (NYSE:DD) DuPont Performance Coatings (D.P.C.) unit for $4.9 billion in cash.

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) will be paying $590 million to settle a lawsuit by its shareholders, who claimed that the bank kept them in dark by not disclosing massive losses arising out of subprime mortgage assets before the baking crisis erupted.

What do Great Wall Builders Ltd. (PINK: GWBU), Vision Plasma Systems Inc. (PINK: VLNX), Raystream Inc. (PINK: RAYS), North Spring Resources Corp. (PINK: NSRSE) and Rarus Technologies Inc. (PINK: RARS) have in common? They are classic pump and dump schemes which duped a number of naïve traders. Traders and investors who actively buy and sell […]

Chicken producer, Sanderson Farms Inc. (NASDAQ:SAFM) reported better-than-expected fiscal third quarter earnings and revenue as sturdy demand in grocery stores helped company to raise prices of poultry products.

Amid sharp plunge in prices of its main product, butadiene, on account of weak demand from tire manufacturers, chemical company, TPC Group Inc. (NASDAQ:TPCG) has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms First Reserve Corp. and SK Capital Partners in a deal estimated at $627.2 million.